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As we roll into a new concert season, here are my favorite shows from 2014: 1. DJ Spinn, July 19 at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park: Only two months earlier, DJ Spinn's friend and fellow footwork pioneer DJ Rashad was found dead at age 34 of a drug overdose. Spinn's set becomes a tribute to Rashad and a showcase for the ghetto house dance music they helped create at South Side parties two decades ago. Dozens of footwork soloists crowd the stage, putting on a thrilling display of acrobatic dancing to the 170 beats-per-minute tracks. Across the field, the slow-motion music of British band Slowdive makes Spinn's beats sound even more frenetic than usual. Then...

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As we roll into a new concert season, here are my favorite shows from 2014:
1. DJ Spinn, July 19 at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park: Only two months earlier, DJ Spinn's friend and fellow footwork pioneer DJ Rashad was found dead at age 34 of a...

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